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H. B. WALTER f BASKET Filed Nov. 2, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 19, 1929.

H. B. WALTER BASKET Filed Nov. 2, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. i9, 1929.

UNITED STATES IPa'ir.

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HARRISON IB. WALTER, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO CONTAINER CORPORATION 0F AMERICA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TION `0F DELAWARE.

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Application led November 2, 1925. Serial No. 66,147.

with a closure or cover of the kind familiarly known as a fruit basket.

Another object of the invention is to proi duce a basket of the kind which is cheap and economical to manufacture, which may be sent knocked-down or fiat to the shipper or packer by whom it is readily and easily set up for packing, and which,` when set up, has

. the rigidity and strength required to resist the strain o f shocks and blows tending to crush or distortits walls.A

Another object of the invention is to provide a basket of the kind which may be made from a single lblank of paper and in which the usual bails or hand es by their attachment to the basket act as locking members vto ret-ain the basket in setup form.

These and other lobjects and advantages of ,the invention will appear more clearly as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawings :l- M

Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe blank from which the basket is made..

Figure 2 is a perspectiveview showing the blank and one step in the process of setting it up into basket form.

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the basket when the setting-up process is appreaching its nish.

. Figure 4 is a perspective viewv of the basket as it appears when packed and closed.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional View in the plane indicated by the line 5- 5 of Figure 4. Figure 6 is a perspective view on an enr larged scale illustrating one end of the bail with its hooked end in approaching relation to a fragment of one of the walls of the basket provided with a key-hole slot through which the hook of the bail is inserted.

Figure 7 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of a clip used to perform the double function of connecting the parts forming the transverse, intermediate wall .to-

gether and for locking the lids or closures in overlapped relation. Referring .now to that embodiment of the inventionkillustrated in the drawings :#9 indicates the blank from which the novel basthe end wall parts 11 to provide the closures or lid sections of the basket. Four creases 13, extending transversely of the said longitudinal member of the blank, permit the.

folding of said bottom, end and lid parts, each one with respect to the one adjacent to it. The closure or lid sections 12 are each provided with' lateral Wings 12a, 12a, which by means of creases 14, 14 are made capable of folding movement at right angles to the planesof said sections. Said creases 14, 14, thus define the side limits of the lid sections, and they diverge slightly toward 'the'ends of the blank so that said lid sections are somewhat wider at their free ends,-this in order that said folding wings may embrace the side edges of the basket, (as will presently appear) which edgesdiverge somewhat towards the middle of the basket.

At'the sides of the bottom section 10 are provided outer side Wall parts 15, 15 which form part of thev sidesof the basket. Said side wall parts 15 are hinged to the bottom section by means of creases 16, 16. Each end wall partl 11 has lateral extensions 17, 17, which are hinged to it by creases 16a, 16aprolongations of the creases 16, 16--which extend at an angle to it,as shown in Figure 1, and each of which is divided by a crease line 18 into two parts l19 and 20. The angle which the extension 17 makes with the length of the main part of the blank is determined by the angle which the ends of the basket are designed to make with the bottom wall when the 'basket is set up. The parts 19 provide inner and the outer side wall parts 15, are likef Wise provided with key-hole slots 22, 22. The

said slots of the outer side wall parts 15, 15 are disposed at Yright angles to the slots of the inner, sectional side wall parts 19, 19, and the slots are so positioned in relation to each other that, when the blank is set up, each slot 22 of an outer side wall part will be brought to register with a slot 21 of an associated inner-sectional side wall part 19.

The cover or`lid parts 12, 12 are provided with transverse slots 23,23, which are adapted to be brought to register in the neighborhood of the transverse, intermediate wall of the basket when said lid parts are folded down in overlapped relation' .to close the basket. And the transverse wall parts 20, are provided with transverse slots 24 which are adapted to be brought to register and to stand in close relation to the lid,-that is to say, near the top of the transverse intermediate wall formed ,by said parts 20T-when the basket is set up.

In Figure 7 is shown a metal clip 25 which may be conveniently used for locking the parts comprising the transverse, intermediate wall of the basket together and also to lock the lid parts or sections in closed relation. Said clip is made of a strip of flat metal with bifurcations 26, 26, at one end and a hook 27 at the other end. The clip is made of such metal that the parts are easily bendable.

The basket is set upas follows z-One end wall vpart 11 is bent upwardly on the crease line 13, dividing it from the bottom wall part 10 and the extensions 17 are at the same time swung upon the crease lines 16a, to bring the sectional side wall parts 19, 19, into the position to be occupiedby the sides of the basket. The intermediate wall parts 20, 20 are then folded on the crease lines 18, 18 and are brought into overlapping vertical relation transversely across the bottom wall 10 of the basket. The parts in this position will then be as shown in Figure 2. The other end section 11, with its'extensions 17 are then treated in like manner. 'Ihis will bring the other intermediate side wall parts 20, 20 into overlapping relation against the first-treated intermediate wall parts 20, 20, as illustrated in Figure 3, whereupon the hook 27 of the clip 25 may be inserted through the several slots 24 of the several sections 20, all now in register. By a slight bending movement of the hook 27, the several parts 20 may be clamped and locked together, thus forming a four-ply rigid, intermediate, transverse wall for the basket. The bifurcations 26, 26 of said clip 25 are left extending vertically upward above the top edge of said transvers wall until the basket is packed.

The outer side wall parts 15, 15 are then folded up upon the creases 16 against the outer faces of the sectional side walls 19, thereby bringing the several slots 22, 21 into register. 27 indicates wire bails of familiar construction having at their ends the usual hooks 28 for engagement with the parts to which they are to be applied. After the outer side wall parts 15 have been brought to position against the inner sectional side walls, as described, each bail is applied by inserting its hook through a pair of the registering keyhole slots 22, 21, following which the bail,'by an upward pull, is brought to engagement in the eyes 22a, 21a of the respective key-hole slots. The hook end 2,8a of the bail is spaced from the adjacent side member of the bail a distance approximately equal to the combined thickness of the two side parts 15 and 19, so that when the bail is attached as described, the two side wall parts will be locked together at the several points at which the bails are applied.

With the sectional lids 12, 12 folded back to the position of the one shown at the right in Figure 3, the basket is now ready for packing. After it is packed, the sectional lids 12 are folded down upon the top of the basket in overlapped relation, the wings 12a being at the same time inserted between the outer side wall parts 15 and the inner sectional side walls 1'9, as illustrated in Figure 4. In

thus closing the lid sections, the slots 23, 23, therein are brought into register and as they are closed down in succession the bifurcations 26, 26 of the clip 25 are inserted through the slots 23, 23 and are then folded down flat against the top of the outer-most lid section, therebyflocking the two lid sections to the transverse wall in closed relation, as illustrated in Figures LLand 5.

It will be manifest that when the lid sections are`closed and locked as described, the basket presents a structure of great rigidity and strength amply capable of efiiciently resisting shocks from within or without, tending to crush or distort its walls. The fourply intermediate transverse wall of the basket strengthens and reinforces it at the middle, and this reinforcement, by reason of the locking of said transverse wall to the lid sections, is transmitted through said lid sections to the parts of the basket between said intermediate wall and said end wallsof the basket. In addition, the wings 12% of the lid sections, locked in their position of engagement between the outer side wall parts and the inner sectional side wall parts by the locking of the lid sections themselves to the intermediate transverse wall of the basket, not only provide adequate closures along the top side wallsof the basket, without any possibility of gaps along said edges, but also reinforces and strengthens the top edges of the basket against distortion or crushing shocks or blows.

The many advantages of my invention will be lmanifest to those familiar with the art.

While in describing my invention I have referred to many details of construction and of arrangement of parts, it is to be understood that the invention is in no Way limit,- ed thereto except'as may be pointed out inthe appended claim.

It Will also be understood that While the Words end, side, top, and bottom are used in describing the preferred embodiment of the invention, said words are used only as aptly descriptive of that embodiment and as conveniently indicating the relations of the parts as they are illustrated in the drawings.

I claim as my invention A knock-down basket made from a single blank of fiber board, comprising an elongated body having a bottom Wall, end .Walls integral with said bottom Wa1l,.lid Wall sections integral with said end Walls overlapping at the middle of said body, inner sectional side Walls integral With said end Walls at their lateral edges, intermediate transverse Wall sections integral With said inner sectional side Walls overlapping at the median line of the box, a clip engaged through said transverse Wall sections, said clip extending above said transverse Wall sections and being bendable to lock said lid sections to said intermediate Wall sections, outer side Walls integral With said bottom Wall at its lateral margins, and bails having ends engaged through said outer side Wall sections and said inner sectional sidewalls.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I affix my signature this 23d day of October, A. D. 1925.

HARRISQN B. WALTEI. 

